Repeater peashooter



Nv.29, 1960 J. A. TYLLE 2,962,018 RgPEATER PEAsHoO'mR l Filed July :51, 195s v INVENTOR im ATTORNEY United States Patent O REPEATER PEA'SHOOTER John A. Tylle, Columbus, Nebr., assignor to Gustave Miller, Washington, D.C.

Filed July 431, 1958, Ser. No. 752,228

1 Claim. (Cl. 124-50) This invention relates to peashooters, and it particularly relates to peashooters equipped with pea magazines.

Youngsters who play with peashooters generally place a number of peas in their mouths in order to shoot the peas at a faster rate than is possible by reloading by hand. This can be a dangerous habit since the youngster may accidentally inhale some of the peas and choke thereon.

lt is one object of the present invention to overcome the above difficulty by providing a peashooter having a carrier or magazine which holds the required amount of peas and thereby eliminates the desire to hold them in the mouth.

Another object of the present invention is to provide 'a peashooter which is even more attractive to children than the ordinary peashooter because it can hold more peas than the child can hold in his mouth and because it can be fired with a sort of repeating action similar to a rifle.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a peashooter which is simple in construction, easy to use and attractive in appearance.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide an improved peashooter, of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is sturdy in construction, and which is highly efficient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of a peashooter embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2`is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of an alternative form of the invention.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing wherein similar lreference characters refer to similar parts, there is shown a peashooter, generally designated 10, comprising a tubular barrel 12 which extends through a magazine housing 14. The housing 14 includes a top and side wall construction of semi-circular cross-section land of tapered longitudinal shape both in the horizontal plane (as shown in Fig. l) and in the vertical plane (as shown in Fig. 2). The bottom of the housing 14 comprises a at plate 16 to which the barrel 12 is connected by `any desired means. The main portion :of the housing 14, comprising the top and side wall area, is connected to the bottom plate 16 by means of bolts or rivets 18 of elongated shape.

In the top wall section of housing 14 is provided an aperture 20, of generally circular shape, adapted to be closed by a ap-type door 22 hinged to the housing 14 at 24. This opening 20 provides access to the inner chamber 26 of the housing 14 to permit insertion of a supply of peas into this chamber 26.

Within the chamber 26 are provided a pair of oppositely 2,962,018 Patented Nov. 29, 1960 'ice inclined plates 28 which form a chute, the apex of which is open and coincides with an aperture 30 in the top of the barrel 12. This aperture 30 is 4adapted to be closed by a slide plate 32 extending transversely through the housing 14 and through corresponding slots in the plates 28.

The slide plate 32 is provided with a handle 34 at one end, and intermediate its ends, it is provided with an aperture 36 of a size and shape corresponding to that of lopening 30 in the barrel 12. The apertures 36 and 30 are adapted to mate to permit feeding of peas from chamber 26 into the barrel 12 when the slide plate 32 is in one position and to be oiset from each other, to cllose the feed opening, when in another position (as in Figs. l, 2 and 3). A spring 38 is connected between the bottom of slide plate 32 and the bottom plate 16 of housing 14; this spring 3S acting to bias` the slide plate 32 into the closed position (shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3).

In use, a charge of peas are inserted into chamber 26 through aperture 20, the flap door 22 is closed, the barrel 12 is applied with one end to the lips, and the slide plate 32 is grasped at the handle 34 with one hand and rapidly or slowly (as desired) pushed back and forth to feed charges `of peas into the barrel 12 while blowing through the barre'l.

In Fig. 4 is shown an alternative form of the invention comprising a peashooter, generally designated 40, comprising a barrel 42 extending through the lower portion of a spherical magazine housing 44. A ap-door 46, similar to door 22, hinged as at 47 is provided to cover the supply aperture at the top of the housing 44 and within the housing 44 is provided a chamber 48 deiined by oppositeliy-inclined floor portions 50 lat the Iapex of which is an aperture mating with a feed aperture 52 in the barrel 42. The peas 54 accumulate on floor 50 and are separately fed through aperture 52 into the barrel 42 by means of a slide plate 56 similar to slide plate 32 and hav-ing a similar aperture therein.

For purposes of illustration, flap type doors have been shown at 22 and 46; however, if desired, slide doors or any other feasible type of closure means may be used.

Although this invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended las being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

A peashoroter comprising a tubular barrel, la magazine housing including a bottom wall plate, an intermediate portion of said barrel being encompassed within and extending through the walls of said housing, a feed chamber in `said housing, an aperture in said barrel within said housing, chute means in said chamber aligned with said aperture, and a slide plate movable transversely of and above said barrel and through said housing at the bottom of said ychute means, said slide plate having an aperture therein adapted to mate with the aperture in said barrel upon sliding movement of said slide plate relative to said bar-rel, a handle on one end of said slide plate and an extensible coil spring secured to the opposite end of said plate and to said housing bottom wall plate, said spring biasing said slide plate toward aperture closing position when pressure on said slide plate handle is released.

Sproull Sept, 7, 1915 Bond iuly i7, 1928 

